The right to health from patients’ perspective – the application of photovoice method in the context of health protection

Batrićević, Ana (2025) The right to health from patients’ perspective – the application of photovoice method in the context of health protection. In: The right to health. Belgrade: Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research; Novi Sad: Bar Association of Vojvodina; Branch of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Novi Sad, pp. 45-72. ISBN 978-86-905844-4-4

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Abstract

Health is not merely the lack of disease or infirmity, but a state of full physical, mental and social well-being. Holistic approach to health includes a subjective component and the right to health should not be observed solely from the standpoint of medical and legal experts, but from patients’ perspective as well. Participatory action research methods, such as photovoice, can draw attention and contribute to resolving the problems in various fields of life, including health, from the aspect of those affected by them. Photovoice is based upon the co-creation of knowledge throughout a democratic research process in which the participants make photographs as visual representations of the issues constituting the research topic, discuss them and accompany them with brief texts. This material is subject to qualitative content analysis to identify key problems and make suggestions for improvements. The author explains why patients’ viewpoint should be considered when estimating the respect of the right to health, discusses the capacities of photovoice to contribute to participation of patients in health policies creation and analyses examples of photovoice research related to health protection.

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